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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued another warning against impersonators trying to use CySEC credentials in order to scam money from traders and investors.

We had reported on previous such warnings on several occasions. Most recently in October, CySEC reported that it became aware of an unknown company based in the Caribbean which was presenting itself as various bodies, including CySEC and the US regulator CFTC, for the purpose of conducting illegal transactions. The company was contacting clients of various entities to which CySEC or the CFTC has imposed fines, promising to “assist” those investors to be compensated for damages incurred, in exchange for a “legal fee”.

CySEC has issued similar warnings in the past (such as in June 2016 and November 2015), whereby scammers using cysec.info email addresses tried to convince clients of regulated brokers to pay taxes and other fees to bank accounts they had designated.

CySEC urges the public to remain vigilant regarding such unsolicited communication, and in case they receive any that appears to be from CySEC but was not initiated by the recipient of such communication, and appears to ask for the transfer or payment of any amount, to confirm the authenticity of the communication by contacting info@cysec.gov.cy before taking any action.

The latest impersonator warning can be found on CySEC’s website here (pdf).

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